Mapping the frontier : a memoir of discovery from coastal Maine to the Alaskan rim /

Author R. Harvey Sargent of Sedgwick, ME, led the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, for 35 years. He also created the first modern maps of China, trekking across the country's interior during the treacherous post-Boxer Rebellion days in 1903-04. His remarkable story is told in the pages of this...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Sargent, Rufus Harvey, 1875-1951
Other Authors: Hartman, Jan Cigliano
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Down East Books, an imprint of The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2015
Subjects:
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Description
Summary:Author R. Harvey Sargent of Sedgwick, ME, led the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, for 35 years. He also created the first modern maps of China, trekking across the country's interior during the treacherous post-Boxer Rebellion days in 1903-04. His remarkable story is told in the pages of this book.
Item Description:"Distributed by National Book Network."
Physical Description:1 online resource (255 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 249) and index.
ISBN:9781608934614
1608934616
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.